pŏlĭo

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pŏlĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf polibant, Verg. A. 8, 436), v. a. [root par, in parēre, appārere; cf. pulcher], to smooth, furbish, polish (class.; syn.: limo, levigo).

Lit.: ROGVM ASCIA NE POLITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:

parietem tectorio,

Col. 8, 8, 3:

daedala signa,

Lucr. 5, 1451:

gemmas cotibus,

Plin. 37, 8, 32, § 109:

ligna squatinae piscis cute,

id. 32, 9, 34, § 108. marmora, id. 36, 6, 9, § 52:

scabritiam ferri hircorum sanguine,

id. 28, 9, 41, § 148:

lapis politus,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 13, 27:

polite lanceas,

id. Jer. 46, 4.—

Transf. (= apparare, curare, colere), to set off, adorn, decorate, embellish: causa poliendi agri, Enn. ap. Non. 66, 27 (Ann. v. 324 Vahl.); cf.:

campi politi,

id. ib. (Sat. v. 23 Vahl.); and:

politus culturā fundus,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 5:

vestes,

to scour, Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 197; cf.

vestimenta,

Dig. 47, 2, 12; Gai. Inst. 3, 143; 162:

linum in filo,

Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18:

minium in officinis,

id. 33, 7, 40, § 122; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

domus polita,

well-ordered, Phaedr. 4, 5, 26; cf.:

regie polita aedificia,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10.—

Trop., to polish, refine, improve, adorn: ignarus poliendae orationis, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 63:

ut opus poliat lima non exterat,

Quint. 10, 4, 4:

verba,

id. 8, 6, 63:

materiam versibus senariis,

Phaedr. 1, prol. 2:

carmina,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 61:

mores,

Petr. 8. —Hence, pŏlītus, a, um, P. a. (in the trop. sense), polished, accomplished, refined, cultivated, polite (class.):

doctrinā homines,

Lucr. 3, 307:

homo politus e scholā,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

politus artibus,

id. Fin. 1, 7, 26:

homo (orator),

id. de Or. 2, 58, 236:

aliquem politum reddere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 6. accurata et polita oratio, Cic. Brut. 95, 326; cf.:

ornata oratio et polita,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 31; so,

epistula,

Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2.— Comp.:

Crassus (in dicendo) politior et ornatior,

Tac. Or. 18:

facundia politiorem fieri,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 2:

homo politioris humanitatis expers,

Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72.— Sup.:

vir omni liberali doctrinā politissimus,

Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—Hence, adv.: pŏlītē, in a polished manner, exquisitely, elegantly:

polite subtiliterque effici,

Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

polite apteque dicere,

id. Fin. 4, 3, 5:

ornate politeque dicere,

id. Cael. 3, 8:

scribere,

id. Brut. 19, 76.— Comp.:

politius perfectiusque proferre aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5:

politius limare,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 2.

pŏlĭo, ōnis, v. pellio.

Pōlio ( Pollio), ōnis, m., the name of a music-teacher, Juv. 7, 176.

pŏlĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf polibant, Verg. A. 8, 436), v. a. [root par, in parēre, appārere; cf. pulcher], to smooth, furbish, polish (class.; syn.: limo, levigo).

Lit.: ROGVM ASCIA NE POLITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:

parietem tectorio,

Col. 8, 8, 3:

daedala signa,

Lucr. 5, 1451:

gemmas cotibus,

Plin. 37, 8, 32, § 109:

ligna squatinae piscis cute,

id. 32, 9, 34, § 108. marmora, id. 36, 6, 9, § 52:

scabritiam ferri hircorum sanguine,

id. 28, 9, 41, § 148:

lapis politus,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 13, 27:

polite lanceas,

id. Jer. 46, 4.—

Transf. (= apparare, curare, colere), to set off, adorn, decorate, embellish: causa poliendi agri, Enn. ap. Non. 66, 27 (Ann. v. 324 Vahl.); cf.:

campi politi,

id. ib. (Sat. v. 23 Vahl.); and:

politus culturā fundus,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 5:

vestes,

to scour, Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 197; cf.

vestimenta,

Dig. 47, 2, 12; Gai. Inst. 3, 143; 162:

linum in filo,

Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18:

minium in officinis,

id. 33, 7, 40, § 122; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

domus polita,

well-ordered, Phaedr. 4, 5, 26; cf.:

regie polita aedificia,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10.—

Trop., to polish, refine, improve, adorn: ignarus poliendae orationis, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 63:

ut opus poliat lima non exterat,

Quint. 10, 4, 4:

verba,

id. 8, 6, 63:

materiam versibus senariis,

Phaedr. 1, prol. 2:

carmina,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 61:

mores,

Petr. 8. —Hence, pŏlītus, a, um, P. a. (in the trop. sense), polished, accomplished, refined, cultivated, polite (class.):

doctrinā homines,

Lucr. 3, 307:

homo politus e scholā,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

politus artibus,

id. Fin. 1, 7, 26:

homo (orator),

id. de Or. 2, 58, 236:

aliquem politum reddere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 6. accurata et polita oratio, Cic. Brut. 95, 326; cf.:

ornata oratio et polita,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 31; so,

epistula,

Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2.— Comp.:

Crassus (in dicendo) politior et ornatior,

Tac. Or. 18:

facundia politiorem fieri,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 2:

homo politioris humanitatis expers,

Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72.— Sup.:

vir omni liberali doctrinā politissimus,

Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—Hence, adv.: pŏlītē, in a polished manner, exquisitely, elegantly:

polite subtiliterque effici,

Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

polite apteque dicere,

id. Fin. 4, 3, 5:

ornate politeque dicere,

id. Cael. 3, 8:

scribere,

id. Brut. 19, 76.— Comp.:

politius perfectiusque proferre aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5:

politius limare,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 2.

pŏlĭo, ōnis, v. pellio.

Pōlio ( Pollio), ōnis, m., the name of a music-teacher, Juv. 7, 176.

pŏlĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf polibant, Verg. A. 8, 436), v. a. [root par, in parēre, appārere; cf. pulcher], to smooth, furbish, polish (class.; syn.: limo, levigo).

Lit.: ROGVM ASCIA NE POLITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:

parietem tectorio,

Col. 8, 8, 3:

daedala signa,

Lucr. 5, 1451:

gemmas cotibus,

Plin. 37, 8, 32, § 109:

ligna squatinae piscis cute,

id. 32, 9, 34, § 108. marmora, id. 36, 6, 9, § 52:

scabritiam ferri hircorum sanguine,

id. 28, 9, 41, § 148:

lapis politus,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 13, 27:

polite lanceas,

id. Jer. 46, 4.—

Transf. (= apparare, curare, colere), to set off, adorn, decorate, embellish: causa poliendi agri, Enn. ap. Non. 66, 27 (Ann. v. 324 Vahl.); cf.:

campi politi,

id. ib. (Sat. v. 23 Vahl.); and:

politus culturā fundus,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 5:

vestes,

to scour, Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 197; cf.

vestimenta,

Dig. 47, 2, 12; Gai. Inst. 3, 143; 162:

linum in filo,

Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18:

minium in officinis,

id. 33, 7, 40, § 122; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

domus polita,

well-ordered, Phaedr. 4, 5, 26; cf.:

regie polita aedificia,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10.—

Trop., to polish, refine, improve, adorn: ignarus poliendae orationis, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 63:

ut opus poliat lima non exterat,

Quint. 10, 4, 4:

verba,

id. 8, 6, 63:

materiam versibus senariis,

Phaedr. 1, prol. 2:

carmina,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 61:

mores,

Petr. 8. —Hence, pŏlītus, a, um, P. a. (in the trop. sense), polished, accomplished, refined, cultivated, polite (class.):

doctrinā homines,

Lucr. 3, 307:

homo politus e scholā,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

politus artibus,

id. Fin. 1, 7, 26:

homo (orator),

id. de Or. 2, 58, 236:

aliquem politum reddere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 6. accurata et polita oratio, Cic. Brut. 95, 326; cf.:

ornata oratio et polita,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 31; so,

epistula,

Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2.— Comp.:

Crassus (in dicendo) politior et ornatior,

Tac. Or. 18:

facundia politiorem fieri,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 2:

homo politioris humanitatis expers,

Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72.— Sup.:

vir omni liberali doctrinā politissimus,

Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—Hence, adv.: pŏlītē, in a polished manner, exquisitely, elegantly:

polite subtiliterque effici,

Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

polite apteque dicere,

id. Fin. 4, 3, 5:

ornate politeque dicere,

id. Cael. 3, 8:

scribere,

id. Brut. 19, 76.— Comp.:

politius perfectiusque proferre aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5:

politius limare,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 2.

pŏlĭo, ōnis, v. pellio.

Pōlio ( Pollio), ōnis, m., the name of a music-teacher, Juv. 7, 176.

pollĭo, īre: pollit, pila ludit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 243 Müll.

Pollĭo ( Pōlĭo, v. Lucr. p. 33 Lachm.), ōnis, m., a Roman surname. So esp.,

Asinius Pollio, v. Asinius.—

Trebellius Pollio, v. Trebellius.—

The name of a bad actor, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 37. —

v. Polio.

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dēlĕo, lēvi, lētum, 2 ( perf. sync. delerunt, Cic. Red. in Sen. 2, 4:

delerit,

Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 19; id. Balb. 19, 43:

delerat,

id. Fam. 15, 5, 3:

delerant,

id. Sest. 19, 44; plqpf. subj. sync. delesset, Val. Max. 3, 7; Liv. 27, 40, 4; part. perf. dēlĭtus: litterae delitae, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372: epistola delita, Calvus ib.; Cic. Ep. ap. Prisc. p. 873; cf. 1. aboleo), v. a. [Sanscr. R. lī, adhere; cf.: vi-lī, dissolve; Gr. limnê, limên, leimôn, etc.; Lat. lino, perf. levi; polio, etc.; cf. also Gr. limos, Lat. lētum], to abolish, destroy, annihilate (freq. and class.; cf.: eluo, diluo, diruo, exstinguo, everto, demolior, destruo).

Of objects not personal:

si certo tempore luna Gignitur et certo deletur tempore rursus,

Lucr. 5, 748 (for which, shortly before, nova luna creari... aborisci):

si Juppiter saepe urbes delevit, fruges perdidit, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; so,

urbem Numantiam, Carthaginem, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12 fin.; Cic. Cat. 4, 10, 21; Sall. J. 8, 2; Hor. Od. 3, 6, 14; Ov. M. 13, 219 al.; cf.:

magnam Graeciam,

Cic. Lael. 4, 13:

nomen Aequorum prope ad internecionem,

Liv. 9, 45;

and, Volscum nomen,

id. 3, 8:

sepulcrum,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26:

aedificia,

id. Agr. 2, 32 fin. al.:

epistulas,

id. Fam. 7, 18, 2; so of the blotting out, effacing, obliterating, of writing, id. ib. 14, 3; id. Clu. 14, 41; id. Rosc. Com. 2 fin.; Quint. 10, 3, 31; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 69; id. A. P. 389; Ov. M. 9, 524; Vulg. Apoc. 3, 5:

stigmata in facie,

Plin. 25, 13, 110, § 175:

radices,

Col. 11, 3, 56 al. —

Trop., to finish, stop, terminate, end:

praesentia, futura bella,

Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

omnes leges una rogatione,

id. Sest. 26:

omnia morte, id. Lael, 4, 13: omnem memoriam discordiarum oblivione sempiterna,

id. Phil. 1, 1; cf. id. Deiot. 13, 37:

nec si quid olim lusit Anacreon, Delevit aetas,

Hor. Od. 4, 9, 10;

trop.: deleo omnes dehinc ex animo mulieres (i. e. memoriam mulierum),

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5:

veritatem (simulatio),

Cic. Lael. 25, 92:

omnem molestiam,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 8:

improbitatem (with exstinguere),

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26; cf.:

turpitudinem fugae virtute,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27:

priorem ignominiam,

Liv. 39, 30.—

Of personal objects:

dispersis ac paene deletis hostibus,

destroyed, annihilated, Caes. B. G. 6, 36, 2;

so milit.,

id. ib. 6, 37, 7; id. B. C. 3, 70; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 8, 21; id. Mur. 35 fin.; id. Vat. 10, 24 init.; Tac. A. 4, 51; Verg. A. 11, 898 al.:

homines morte deletos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 15:

toto animante deleto,

id. Tusc. 1, 37, 90;

rarely of a single person: C. Curionem,

id. Vat. 10, 24 fin.

dē-pŏlĭo, no perf., ītum, 4, v. a., to smooth off, polish off (very rare).

Prop.:

aliquid cote,

Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188. —Comic.:

dorsum meum virgis,

to cudgel, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 85.—

Trop.: DEPOLITUM perfectum, quia omnes perfectiones antiqui politiones appellabant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 20 Müll.; cf. the foll. art.

interpŏlis, e, and interpŏlus, a, um, adj. [inter-polio], that has received a new appearance, altered by furbishing, polished up, vamped up, repaired; esp., falsified, painted, not genuine (ante-class. and post-Aug.).

Lit., Plin. 19, 2, 8, § 29:

si vestimenta interpola quis pro novis emerit,

Dig. 18, 1, 45. —

Transf.:

istaec veteres (mulieres), quae se unguentis unctitant, interpoles,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 117:

mutatur ars quotidie, toties interpolis,

new vamped, Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 11.

interpŏlis, e, and interpŏlus, a, um, adj. [inter-polio], that has received a new appearance, altered by furbishing, polished up, vamped up, repaired; esp., falsified, painted, not genuine (ante-class. and post-Aug.).

Lit., Plin. 19, 2, 8, § 29:

si vestimenta interpola quis pro novis emerit,

Dig. 18, 1, 45. —

Transf.:

istaec veteres (mulieres), quae se unguentis unctitant, interpoles,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 117:

mutatur ars quotidie, toties interpolis,

new vamped, Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 11.

lēvĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. lēvis], to make smooth, to smooth (not in Cic.; syn. polio, dolo, limo).

Lit.:

omnes parietes tectorio levigantur,

Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 3:

aliquid opere tectorio,

Col. 9, 7, 1; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 101:

ad levigandam cutem,

id. 20, 3, 10, § 20:

alvum,

to make slippery, Gell. 4, 11, 4:

scabritia levigatur dente conchāve,

Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81.—

Transf., to make small, bruise small, pulverize, levigate:

quae diligenter contrita levigantur,

Col. 12, 41 fin.:

semina,

id. 6, 17, 3:

galla cum austero vino levigata,

id. 7, 5, 12; 9, 13, 5.— Hence, lēvĭgātus, a, um, P. a., smooth, slippery (post-class. and rare):

oleum levigatius et spissius est,

Macr. S. 1, 12 med.

lĕvĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. levis], to make light, lighten:

gravia, Cassiod. de Amic. prol. § 33: pondus sollicitudinis, Gregor. Ep. 7, 76: omni sarcinā,

App. M. 4, p. 142, 23.

per-pŏlĭo, īvi, ītum ( fut. perpolibo, App. M. 6, 28), 4, v. a., to polish well.

Lit.:

loco calce arenāque perpolito,

Vell. 2, 22, 3:

aurum tritu perpolitum,

Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 66:

caudae setas horridas comptā diligentiā perpolibo,

App. M. 6, 28, p. 185; cf. Vell. 2, 22, 4.—

Trop., to polish, perfect, finish, put the finishing hand to (class.):

opus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 54:

perpolire et absolvere aliquid,

id. Univ. 13:

perpolire atque conficere,

id. de Or. 2, 28, 121:

perpoliendi labor,

id. Balb. 7, 17:

ea, quae habes instituta, perpolies,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 10.— Hence, perpŏlītus, a, um, P. a., thoroughly polished or refined:

homines perfecti in dicendo et perpoliti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58:

qui non sit omnibus iis artibus perpolitus,

id. ib. 1, 16, 72; so,

litteris perpolitus,

id. Pis. 29, 70:

vita perpolita humanitate (opp. immanis),

id. Sest. 42, 92:

oratio,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 31:

explicatio,

id. ib. 2, 27, 120.—Hence, adv.: perpŏlītē, in a very polished manner; in sup.:

perfecte et perpolitissime absolutae,

Auct. Her. 4, 32, 44.

per-pŏlĭo, īvi, ītum ( fut. perpolibo, App. M. 6, 28), 4, v. a., to polish well.

Lit.:

loco calce arenāque perpolito,

Vell. 2, 22, 3:

aurum tritu perpolitum,

Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 66:

caudae setas horridas comptā diligentiā perpolibo,

App. M. 6, 28, p. 185; cf. Vell. 2, 22, 4.—

Trop., to polish, perfect, finish, put the finishing hand to (class.):

opus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 54:

perpolire et absolvere aliquid,

id. Univ. 13:

perpolire atque conficere,

id. de Or. 2, 28, 121:

perpoliendi labor,

id. Balb. 7, 17:

ea, quae habes instituta, perpolies,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 10.— Hence, perpŏlītus, a, um, P. a., thoroughly polished or refined:

homines perfecti in dicendo et perpoliti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58:

qui non sit omnibus iis artibus perpolitus,

id. ib. 1, 16, 72; so,

litteris perpolitus,

id. Pis. 29, 70:

vita perpolita humanitate (opp. immanis),

id. Sest. 42, 92:

oratio,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 31:

explicatio,

id. ib. 2, 27, 120.—Hence, adv.: perpŏlītē, in a very polished manner; in sup.:

perfecte et perpolitissime absolutae,

Auct. Her. 4, 32, 44.

pŏlīmen, ĭnis, n. [1. polio].

Polish, brightness (post-class.). baltei polimina, App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 30.—

poli-mina, um, n., the testicles, Arn. 7, 230.

pŏlīmen, ĭnis, n. [1. polio].

Polish, brightness (post-class.). baltei polimina, App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 30.—

poli-mina, um, n., the testicles, Arn. 7, 230.

pŏlītĭo, ōnis, f. [1. polio], a smoothing, a furbishing, polishing.

Lit. (post-Aug.):

speculi,

Vitr. 7, 3.—Of smoothing or plastering a wall, Vitr. 7, 4.—

Transf., an improving, cultivating:

agrorum,

Cato, R. R. 136.

pŏlītūra, ae, f. [1. polio], a furbishing, polishing, smoothing, working at, etc. (postAug.):

chartae,

Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81:

marmoris,

id. 36, 6, 9, § 53:

gemmarum (of the vine),

id. 17, 26, 39, § 246:

laevitas et politura corporum,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 31, 4.—Of a cobweb, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84.—In plur., Vitr. 7, 1.—

Transf., of literary composition:

videbimus quid parum recisum sit, quid non hujus recentis politurae,

Sen. Ep. 100, 5.